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| cell | | The intersection of a column and a row, usable to store a single piece of data associated with a single participant. |
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| column | | A [data structuring](Data-structure) primitive associated with a single type of data, or with a single measurement. Columns are referred to by their names. |
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| column group | | A named set of columns that can be used as a basis for [data access management](Access-control#data-access). |
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| command line interface | CLI | A facility to issue commands to a computer by means of textual input. PEP's main CLI utility is called `pepcli`. |
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| command line interface | CLI | A facility to issue commands to a computer by means of textual input. Contrast with GUI, which provides an image-based interface. PEP's main CLI utility is called `pepcli`. |
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| download | | As a verb: the act of retrieving data from PEP.<br>As a noun: a data set that has been retrieved from PEP. |
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| Data Administrator | DA | The PEP role responsible for [data structuring](Data-structure) and management. |
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| Electronic Data Capturing system | EDC | (Third-party) software used to collect and store data, e.g. from academic research study subjects. PEP provides out-of-the-box integration with the [Castor EDC](https://www.castoredc.com/electronic-data-capture-system/). |
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| [ElGamal encryption](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElGamal_encryption) | | The cryptographic algorithm used as a basis for PEP's polymorphism. |
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| encryption | | A technique to make information readable only to parties that are in possession of an associated secret. Also see "polymorphic encryption". |
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| [enrollment](Access-control#enrollment) | | Providing a user (or other party) with the cryptographic materials required to perform actions in the PEP system. |
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| graphical user interface | GUI | A (usually windowed and mouse-centered) application enabling users to perform tasks on a computer. PEP's main GUI application is `pepAssessor`. |
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| graphical user interface | GUI | An image-based facility enabling users to perform tasks on a computer. Contrast with CLI, which provides a text-based interface. PEP's main GUI application is `pepAssessor`. |
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| identifier | ID | A piece of information that uniquely denotes a single piece of data. The polymorphic pseudonym (PP) is PEP's primary [identifier type for rows](https://gitlab.pep.cs.ru.nl/pep-public/user-docs/-/wikis/Pseudonymization#identifiers-in-pep). |
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| Key Server | KS | A server involved in PEP's [access control](Access-control) mechanism. KS takes an OAuth token as input and produces enrollment data as output. |
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| local pseudonym | LP | A row identifier that is unique to an access group. Different access groups use different local pseudonyms to refer to the same row. |
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| Transcryptor | TS | A PEP service that cooperates with Access Manager (AM) to issue data access [tickets](Access-control#tickets). |
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| upload | | The act of storing data in PEP. |
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| user | | A person or party that interacts with the PEP software. |
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| user interface | UI | A facility enabling users to perform tasks on a computer. Although UI types include command line interfaces (CLIs) and graphical user interfaces (GUIs), the term "UI" is often used as a synonym for "GUI". |
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| user interface | UI | A facility enabling users to perform tasks on a computer. Although UI types include both command line interfaces (CLIs) and graphical user interfaces (GUIs), the term "UI" is often used as a synonym for "GUI". |
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| user pseudonym | | An abbreviated form of the local pseudonym. | |
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